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VOL. VIII.
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SENATE REDISTRIBUTION MAT
TER WILL HAVE ATTENTION OF
BODY. SMOKER TO VISITORS.
Plans have been made by represen
tatives o fthe Georgia legislature from
both the senate and the house to hold
a meeting in the parlors of the Su
wanee hotel here on December 28 for
the purpose of organizing the move
ment for the redistication of south
Georgia in the senate in the coming
general assembly.
There will be several of the mem
bers of the state legislature here in
attendance upon the meeting and Hon.
W. H. Dorris, representative from
Crisp in the legislature will head a
local committee which™ wil arrange
a smoker for the occasion. Hon. Joe
Hall of Bibb will be one of the speak
ers and a number of other prominent
men will also make addresses.
W. R. Bussey of Ashburn took the
initiative and asked that the meeting
be held in Cordele. Representative
Dorris will add to this ‘call a per
sonal invitation. Business men of the
comipunity will make arrangements
for the smcker and the meeting. All
central and south Ceorgia are inter
ested in the work which will be done
in the meeting.
SAVANNAH CHIEF OF POLICE
DEAD; HEADED POLICE CHIEFS
- »A mesage to Former Chief of Po
lice L. M. Sumner of Cordele acting
chief of police in Savannah told of the
death this afternoon of Chief Meldrim
of that city, president of the Georgia
Association of police chiefs. The Sa
vannah chief was just last summer
elected president of the association,
the body having met in his city for
the annual session. The association
will probably have an escort at the
funeral of the dead chief executive.
TETANUS CLAIMS LITILE BOY
WHO THRUST NAIL INTO FOO7
Master Bivins Sanders, age 6 years,
the little son of Mrs. W. O. Sanders,
of this city died Tuesday morning at
1:30 o’clock at the family home on
Seventh street. Tetanus or lock-jaw
was the cause of the child’s death, hé
having contracted the infection after
thrusting a nail in his foot ten days
ago. The wound was given treatment
and apparently healed satisfactorily,
though last Saturday, the little fellow
was seized with convulsions from
which time his condition steadily grew
more critical. Attending physicians
were unable at any time to check the
convulsions and relax the contracted
ROBI. WILCOX RAMBLED LONG
- AGO FROM HOME--NOW RICH
Thirty-five years ago Robert Wilcox,
then a mere slip of a lad, like Long
fellow’s boy, barefoot with cheks of
tan left his home in Mcßae to attend
the Cotton States Exposition in At
lanta in 1881.
Just what made him do it he can’t
tell you but from that day the wan
derlust seized him with all of its al
luring fascinations, and he did not
return home. It was not because he
did not have a comfortable home or
that the pleasures that appealed to
his boyish fancies were not provided
there or that the parents were un
kindly, or that he did not find his
brothers and sisters congenial play
mates. His imagination just:painted
vivid pictures in his mind of distant
cities and wondrous things to see in
the big wide world. He started out
to make his own way and from place
to place, through state after state he
wandered, plying various occupations.
From one end of the west to the other
fNSTALLED NEWLY ELECTED OF
\ FICERS AT CORDELE LODGE—
BUFFET LUNCHEON SERVED IN
HONOR OF GUESTS.
Cordelia Lodge No. 296 F. & A. M.
met in regular session Tuesday night
and the annual election of officers
was held, resulting as follows: W. H.
Orcutt, Worshipful Master; Conrad
McGugan, Senior Warden; B. T.
Ware, Junion Warden; W. T. Perry,
Secretary; E. F. Tison_ Treasurer;
THE CORDELE DISPATCAWNERS
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CORDELE, WENONA AND BRIDGES
COMMUNITY HAVE CLUBS NOW
AT WORK—NEGROES WILL AL
SO HAVE CLUBS.
With a view of going after the wee
vil in a sensible way the farmers of
Crisp county are organizing into com
munity clubs with considerable in
terest and enthusiasm. There are
three now and as many more as will
be necessary for them to serve their
purpose will be organized. In Cor
dele last Wednesday night a large
number of farmers in the immediate
section gathered at the court house
and the club elected J. W. Cannon
president and J. W. Bivins secretary.
In the bridges community another was
organized Tuesday night and J. W.
Sutton was made president, D. M.
Strippling, secretary and J. G. Hitch
cock, reporter. At Wenona last night
a third was organized with W. A.
Tuck, president; W. W. Story sec
retary; and Gene Felder. reporter.
Farm Demonstrator J. A. Johnson
has been busy as a man could be with
the details of organizing and the pro
gressive farmers have joined him in
their efforts to put the clubs to serv
ing the purpose of informing the cot
tcn grower of the best means of cop
ing with the weevil.
The work will be carried among the
colored farmers and it is the purpose
of Demonstration Agent Johnson to
give every colored farmer the fullest
advantage of the information at hand.
The negroes will be informed from
time to time as to where the clubs
will be formed and they will be urged
to attend the meetings and learn of
the ways of growing cotton with the
weevil at work.
Every detail that will be of im
portance will be presented at 'the club
meetings and discussed. Those who
attend will among themselves discuss
plans and advise Mr. Johnson about
the essentials.
muscles.
The remains were carried to Pine
hurst the former home of the family,
Tuesday afternoon and interment oc
curred there at 4 o’clock. The fun
eral esrvices were conducted from
the Baptist church of that place Rev.
J. H .Coin, pastor of the First Baptist
church of this city, officiating.
Little Bivins Sanders was a bright
boy and a favorite of numerous friends
of the family. Misses Ollie and Marie
Sanders are sisters and two broth
ers William and John, also survive
him.
he went and the adventures of the
wild and wooly kind fascinated him.
He grew into manhood and fortune
came his way. By steadily applying
his talents he began to accumulate in
a financial way, and settled in Mon
tana. As he grew in wealth he grew
in good favor and friendship.
And so it happend that when Mr.
Wilcox arrived at Mcßae several days
ago unexpected, it was his first visit
home in thirty-five years. He met a
warm and hearty welcome from his
brothers and other relatives there, ahd
found much pleasure in renewing his
acquaintance with boyhood friends.
The tales of his experiences and re
markable career were thoroughly in
teresting to all.
Mr. Wilcox is now president of a
large banking concern owner of an
immense ranch in Montana, and rep
resentative from the county in which
he lives to the legislature.
F. E. Jackson, Tiler; Rev. J. M. Wal
ker, Chaplain.
F. O. Miller of Fort Valley, Grand
Master of the Grand-lodge of the state
of Georgia was the guest.of the lodge
and a buffet luncheon was served in
the banquet hall in his hono#. There
were several other visitors to the
lodge from Fort Valley and other
points. 2
The ceremonies of installing the of
ficers were conducted by Grand Mas
ter Miller.
JUDGE GEORGE HELD LAST
COURT SESSION AT ABBEVILLE
Judge W. F. George occupied the
superior court bench in the Cordele
circuit for the last time Monday when
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"THOSE GONE NORTH ARE SUFFER
ING HARD WINTER COLD. SAN
FORD BEARD, CORDELE NEGRO,
. WRITES FOR MONEY.
\ The exodus of negro labor to north
lcrn and eastern points continues not
withstanding the reports of sickness,
'hardships and deaths that are com
ing back south to the families and
|white friends of the negro emigrants.
I}'lowever. these reports have had the
effect of deterring the stream of mi
gration to some extent, at least from
this section.
The negroes who have gone to Con
necticut . and other states from Cor
| dele and surrounding sections have
found that the ‘“‘Gold at the end of the
rainbow” is a myth of the most de
ceptive sort. Many of them would
like to return home and they write
their people of “sho nuff” cold weath
er a prevalence of consumption and
other diseases among the negroes who
are unaccustomed to the colder cli
mate of the north, poor treatment, and
; 2 longing to retura to the sunny south
‘and the home in “Dear Old Georgia.”
111’ their feet ever touch southern soil
‘again, no glowing tales of fortune
elaborated by labor agents can again
take them across the Mason and Dix
on line.
If those who would listen to the
smooth-tongued labor agents will take
the advice of Sanford Beard one of
Cordele’s best known negro citizens
who recently took a trip to the sup
posed “Promised Land,” and landed
in Philadelphia digging coal and doing
the most laborous work in the steel
plants, they will be satisfied that the
white man of the south is after all
their best~friend and that the sunny
clime of the southland is more indu
cive to good health than wintry winds
and snow. ,
Here’s what Sanford writes to Cash
ier J. M. Hunt of the Citizens Bank,
with whom he did his banking busi
ness in Cordele and for whom he was
accustomed to work some. Several
months ago Sanford sold some prop
erty, got a nice little sum together
and went forth to get a good start.
It had always been his custom when
he needed financial aid to go to Mr.
Hunt or others from whom he se
cured assistance. Now he writes Mr.
Hunt the following letter, enclosing
a check, for which he has no money
in the bank. However Mr. Hunt will
honor the check and give Sanford a
chance to come back home. ‘
In the negro’s own language and
words the letter reads like this:
“philadelphia, pa., dec. the 16, 1916:
dear Mr. hunt: i am hear now in tuff
and i want to get out off this place
rat a way. if i have not got it there,
please send for me rat a way, so i can
come hom and stay where i am near
er you. Sanford Beard.”
POSTMASTER McARTHUR MAKES
PLANS TO HANDLE CHRISTMAS
BUSINESS.
Holiday business through the Cor
dele post office last year netted but
one single claim for lost goods, and
‘two or three complaints for deiay.
This time Postmaster McArthur ' is
making arrangements to do even bet
ter than this and he has furnished the
rules which must be abided for suc
cessful and safe transportation ofi
Christmas packages. Here they are:
Packages must be packed and se
curely wrapped according to the na
ture of its contents to secure its safe
ty in the mails, and to prevent its
damaging other mail.
Packages containing articles which
by their nature are easily broken, must
be marked fragile. ’
Packages containing perishable ar
ticles, as candy, fruits, meats, vege
tables, or others of a perishable na
ture must be marked fragile. Such
packages should have special delivery ‘
stamp on them. Sender’s name and
address must be on all fourth class or i
parcel post packages. !
article rated highest in said package,'
therefore do not include any otherl
class of mail with your parcel. l
A. L. M'ARTHUR, Postmaster.
s e l
he presided over the Wilcox superior
court at Abbeville. He will take hisl
seat on the bench of the court of Ap- |
peals January 1. The business of the
court was not heavy, but several im
portant cases were continued until
the following session of the court,
when Judge D. A. R. Crum will pre
side.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1916.
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MAYOR JONES ANNOUNCES WORK
ING COMMITTEES FOR NEXT
YEAR FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERN
MENT.
At the annual meeting this after
nocn Mayor Jones announced the fol
lowing committces to serve on the
council for the following year:
Finance Committee: J. N. King,
Chairman; M. Wakefield, J. S. Shep
pard. / .
Sewer and Sewer Construction Com
mittee: M, \’\'a,l<efield_ chairman; J.
H. Lamb, J. B, Lindsey.
Streets and Street Improvement
Committee: J. S. Sheppard, chair
man; M. Wakefield, J. N. King.
Waterworks and Water Main Exten
sion Committee: J. M. Hunt, chair
man; M. Wakefield "J. E. Lindsey.
Ordinance Committee: J. N. King,
chairman; J. E. Lindsey, J. H. Lamb.
Library Committee: J. E. Lindsey,
chairman; J H. Lamb J. M. Hunt,
Cemetery (‘ommittée: M. Wake-|
field, chairman; J. E. Lindsey, J. H..
Lamb. l
Electric Lights Committee: J. N.|
King, chairman; J. H. Lamb M. Wake |
field. : |
Buildings and Grounds Committee: |
J. H. Lamb, chairman; J. M. Hunt, J.J
E. Lindsey. |
Fire and Chimney Committee: J. E.!
Lindsey chairman; M. Wakefield, J,‘
N. King. : I
Parks Committee: J. M. -Hunt,|
chairman; M. Wakefield, J. E.. Lind- |
sey. |
YULETIDE SEASON SLIPS IN
ON HAPPY CORDELE HOMES
The gladsome Yuletide is here, and
Kris Kringle is just around the cor
ner. Christmas is in the atmosphere,
everywhere. Hundreds of little hearts
will throb with the excitement of hang
ing stockings Sunday night and hear
ing tales from loving parents of how
Old Santa rides the breezes with his
fleet reindeers and makes his noisless
descensions through narrow chimney
passes, where little eyes must not
look. It may be that there are chil
dren, even in Cordele who will hang
their little stockings while the hearts
of loving parents throb with sorrow,
only to wake in the morning to find
that stocking is empty and that Old
Santa sometimes forgets little chil
dren.
This is to be a Christmas, so far as
Cordele and its people ars concerned,
| FOR SATURDAY
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I HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL
GATHER AT COURT HOUSE
SQUARE AT 5 O'CLOCK TO TAKE
PART IN CAROLS
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| [Everybody who wants to help make
the singing of the Christmas carols
the crowning event of the holidays
should be on the court house square
| promptly at five o’clock Saturday even
;iug. At that time the parade will
start and in it will be young and old
'represeming every church congrega
tion in the city. 1t will be an immense
[(:rowd of joyous happy people cele
| brating in song.
g All the details of the evening’s pro-
Egram have been arranged and hun
gdreds of people have made plans to
| join in the parade and the singing
|armm(l the municipal Christmas tree
on the lawn at the public library.
~ Mayor J. Gordon Jones will lead the
lpnrudc on horseback, whilg the or
chestra will follow leading the parade.
' The songs that will be used are al
}ready announced, printed and are in
the hands of most of those who will
ilm participants. Messrs. J. W. Fran
¢is and J. A. Carmen will sound the
bugle call on the court house square
at five o'clock and this will be the
signal for gathering The march will
be down Thirteenth avenue to Third
street and into Twelfth avenue thence
back to the monument, then down
Seventh street to Suwanee hotel and
dcwn Fleventh avenue to the lawn on
the public library square. Here after
the carols are concluded around the
Christma stree, Rev. Walter Anthony
will pronounce the benediction. There
will be no ceremony of any sort about
the tree other than the singing of the
carols.
largely spent in the home and about
the fireside and the fireside does not
feel so uncomfortable with a real sharp
edge on the weather. But attractions
in the home will keep the little tots
there. And, then, there is the con
spicious absence of fireworks, which,
whether from a spirit of increasing
reverence for the occasion or a pro
hibitive tax that the city ‘dads have
placed on their sale, few, if any, mer
chants of Cordele are selling this
Christmas. Soherness, more than ev
er before will mark the occasion, and
there is every evidence that the prin
ciple of “Peace on Earth, Good Will
Toward Men,” will bear enlarged sig
nificance .
- Local electrical workers say that
they have gotten more orders for light
ing Christmas trees with the vari-col
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PLANS ADOPTED AND SENT FOR
WARD AND CONTRACT WILL BE
LET WITHIN A SHORT TIME—
SI2,OOO TO BE EXPENDED.
Prospects bid fair for an early im
provement and enlargement of the
Carnegie library of this city. Plans,
providing for an expenditure of ap
proximately $l2 000 will probably be
approved by James Bertram, of New
York secretary of the Carnegie Foun
dation, within a short time, and the
contract given immediately thereafter
for the actual work of construction
to begin. ‘
The hlue prints and specifications as }
drawn and submitted by Kugene Wa-‘
chindorff an architect of Atlanm.j
were recently approved by the local
board of trustees of the library, R.
L. Luffman, chairman, J. J. Williams
and W. H. Dorris. They were then
forwarded to the representative of
the Carnegie Foundation in Georgia‘
Miss Louise Crumley, of Atlanta, ap
proved by her and forwarded to Mr.
Bertram. |
The plans call for no change in the
arragnements for. improvement as
originally made. The north end ol'l‘
the library will be extended, increas~|
ing the floor space of the building tul
twice its present size as well as pro
viding for a spacious room in the base
ment for gatherings among the ladies
especially.
LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a big baby doll and
a doll carriage‘ahd ‘someé apples and
oranges and nuts and a box of pocket
hun(lkerchigfs and some. pretty hair
ribbon. Your little friend,
PAULINE WATSON. !
HERE’S HOW TALK OF LOCAL
PACKING PLANI WAS STARIED
“We have some fine hogs for sale,”
said a representative of a local farm
ers exchange over the ’'phone to a
warket man, “what are you offering?”
“What do the hogs weigh?” ques
tioned the market man in return and
was told that they weighed from 250
to 300 pounds. The reply from the
market man was that he couldn’t fig
ure on the hogs, that they weighed too
much to be handled through his mar
ket and that porkers from 100 to 150
pounds were used practically alto
gether there.
This put the representative to think
ing and fguring, and he figured it out
that with such conditions confronting
the farmers of the county, who are
now going in for hog and cattle rais
ing and diversified farming on an ex
tensive basis on account of the com-
CORDELE SHOPPING RADIUS
IS MUCH WIDER THIS YEAR
It is interesting to note that hun
dreds of the Christmas shoppers in
Cordele are coming in from a wide ra
dius, scores of automobiles from sur
rounding points arriving daily. And
likewise of equal interest and pride is
to chserve that the Cordele merchants
are caring for the needs of these shop
pers superbly. The dry goods mer
chants and grocers are well sharing
honors with the toy shop keepers in
the capital trade of the season, and
the drug store merchants and jewel
ers are keeping fast pace with the
various articles that holiday shopping
demands. It is an overwhelming good
ored electric bulbs, thus eliminating
the danger of lighting the trees with
candles. Scores of homes have also
been decorated with holly, smilax and
other decorations taken from the
woods.
Really it is to be an unusual and
a most merry Christmas in Cordele.
MANY MEAT RAISERS ARE NOW
SLAUGHTERING MEAT FROM
FINE LOT FAT HOGS.
The porker is getting his nov.v. for
the weather is just right and the
farmer has been waiting his chance.
The past year in hog arising has been
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MATHIS &1 A m
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JACK DRAGGED NEGRO BACK AND
CAME NEAR COSTING HUMAN
LIFE. SMALL INSURANCE.
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One of the most destructive fires
that has occurred in Cordele for some
‘time Tuesday night at 9 o'clock de
stroyed the veterinary stables of Dr.
S. Mathis, located on Twelfth avenue.
west. The fire probably originatec
from a heater in the office in the front
of the building, a wooden structure.
When the alarm was turned in to
the fire department the flames had
enveloped the entire front end and
though they responded quickly, the
fire had spread over the entire struc
ture when they arrived. The work
of the department was the subject of
much.commendation. They fought the
flames like veterans. :
Together with the building a large
quantity of feed stuff, veterinary in
struments valued at $5OO, belonging
to Dr. Mathis also sixty fine chickens
belonging to him, a jack valued at
$1,250, belonging to a stock company
and other property were destroyed.
The building belogned to Pless &
Williams and was valued at $1 500,
with insurance of $7OO. There ‘was
no insurance on the jack or other
property. Several head of stock were
saved from the flames.
A negro led the jack from the
building, and had an exciting experi
ence in doing so. Following the in
stinct possessed by stock in case of
fire, the jack turned and ran back
into the flames. The' animal clamp
ed a firm hold on the negro’s arm
with his mouth and dragged him al
most intc the lames. The negro freed
himself only after desperate fighting.
A brick building, adjoining the
burned stables belonging to J. T.
Westbrook, and a residence in the
rear of the stables, also his property,
were damaged from' the fire. This
loss was covered by insurance.
ing of the holl weevil they are put
I to the serious disadvantage of having
to ship their hogs and cattle to other
markets where packing plants are
located. His good judgment also led
| him to know that the farmer who is
raising hogs and cattle for ready cash
cannot find as good a market for cur
er meat as for the animal on foot.
| This led him to inquire why Cor
| dele has not a packing plant to take
| care of the progressive farmers of
l the county and section, and make pos
sible the sale of hogs and cattle the
lyear round. He found that there is
lalreudy some strong desire for such
an enterprise, and the representative
of the local farmers exchange is now
content to put his shoulder to the
| wheel with others and start the ball
rolling in good fashion for a packing
fplant for Cordele.
Christmas business, the best that Cor
dele merchants have experienced ir
some years.
The streets and stores are thronge
from early till late at night, the in
creased trade resulting from the fact
taht Cordele this time is the mecca
for increased numbers.
Another striking fact is that the
stores are exceptionally well decorat
ed for the occasion. - The interior dec
orations are especially well executed
the stocks are large and tasty and all
the shopping available in the larger
cities can be done here.
the best ever experienced in the coun
ty. There is not a farmer to be found
who has not increased his stock and
raised better hogs this year. In many
instances the breed has been improv
ed and fine Durocs, Berkshires and
other high quality hogs are about as
common as the piney woods rooter
used to be.
The warm weather of the few dgys
preceding the present cold season had
little effect on the meat that had been
killed during the week and in no case
that has been learned have the farm
ers lost any meat. But the record
cold weather for the year since Mon
day has been responsible for hun
dreds of fine porkers being slaughter
ed in the county. Backbone and spar
erribs fresh, juicy hams, etc., are a
common dish among Cordele residents
and seores of farm wagons can be
seen daily bringing them in.